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Objective: To characterize accidents with biological materials and analyze the perception of Mobile Emergency Care Service professionals about the occurrence and post-accident conduct. Methods: Qualitative study, with a descriptive-exploratory approach, conducted with 39 professionals from the occupation. The interviews were conducted in 2020, using a semi-structured interview script and analyzed according to Bardin's content analysis. This study was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the State University of Santa Cruz, through the CAAE number: 29980820.7.0000.5526. Results: After analysis, the quantitative data showed that accidents were more frequent in hygiene professionals and nursing technicians, happening by percutaneous and cutaneous mucous route, mainly in the hands and eyes, during ambulance cleaning and venipuncture. Regarding qualitative data, three categories emerged: feelings experienced by professionals regarding the risk to which they are exposed, accidents risk identification with biological material and conduct in post-exposure care and health care network. Conclusion: It is perceived that concern, fear, and anguish were the feelings most evidenced by the professionals, and that they have basic knowledge about how to handle accidents, despite not knowing the structure of the work system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Evidence has shown that psychosocial risk factors can have negative impacts on workers' physical, mental and social health. This research aims to identify psychosocial risk factors and their effects on the activities of civil aviation pilots and air traffic controllers and describe strategies for managing the identified factors. An integrative literature review was carried out in national and international databases, with selection of original articles published between 2014 and 2019. Ten articles met the inclusion criteria. The risk factors among pilots were: high demands, unpredictable work schedules and shifts, low control at work, lack of recognition, discrimination linked specifically to the female gender, low social support from colleagues and supervisors, insecurity about the future at work, conflicting personal and family relationships. The most reported effect among pilots was common mental disorder. Among air traffic controllers, the following were reported: high demand, rotating shift work and lack of support at work. The main reported effects were a low index of well-being and predisposition to cardiovascular diseases. The presence of deleterious effects among the professional categories investigated can impact the health, performance and safety of work activities. Therefore, monitoring and preventive actions are necessary to minimize the impact of psychosocial risks among these workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The working environments in which health professionals work, such as basic family health units (BFHU), concentrate by their nature a number of risks that can be harmful to health and affect particularly nurses. This study aimed to identify and describe the potential of physical agents as occupational hazards in Basic Health Units (BHUs). This integrative literature review was conducted through research of published scientific articles in national and international journals in the last 10 years, found in the databases LILACS, IBECS, Cochrane Library, SciELO, MEDLINE, in PubMed. As a result, we found that of the 156 physical occupational hazards cited, only seven were specific to BHUs: temperature, noise, vibration, abnormal pressures, radiation, lighting, ventilation, and humidity. Other factors that may be included are the inadequate physical space, furniture layout, in addition to the lack of adaptation of internal and external spaces of BHUs for people with special needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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